Global Energy and Water Cycles
Contributors: K. A. Browning (Editor); R. J. Gurney (Editor)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 9, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780521032858
Subjects: Hydrology (freshwater); Science; Science/Mathematics; Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology; Earth Sciences - Oceanography; Energy; Energy budget (Geophysics); Science / Geology; Science / Oceanography; Science-Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology; Science-Energy; Earth Sciences - Geology
First sentence: Given the simple periodic forcing represented by solar radiation at the top of the atmosphere, it is rather remarkable to witness the extraordinary range in fluctuations present in the global climate system, fluctuations that span time and space on scales from millennia to seconds and from global centimeters.